Over the Hedge Critic Reviews
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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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The vividly animated film -- based on a comic strip by Michael Fry and T. Lewis -- has an appealing balance of comic bits and exhilarating action sequences.Read the full review
Hedge is built for laughter rather than artistry; jokes are packed into every pixel. But despite the movie's entertaining qualities, there is something a little unsettling.Read the full review
Solid family entertainment, and it's better than 2006's previous tepid animated releases.Read the full review
Offers plenty of modest pleasures.Read the full review
The disappointingly pedestrian computer-animated Over the Hedge will be more entertaining for little tykes than their older siblings and parents, and would not seem out of place on Saturday morning television.Read the full review
A backyard ecological comedy outfitted with some fine, silly slapstick and clever animal characters.Read the full review
The visual and verbal jokes are as bouncy and multilevel (hip height for adults, knee-slap-size for kids) as we have come, no doubt selfishly, to expect from DreamWorks.Read the full review
There is no poetry here and little thought.Read the full review
This has to be the first children's film to weave a Grand Theft Auto joke into the script -- and like most things in the movie, it's pretty amusing.Read the full review
Not at the level of "Finding Nemo" or "Shrek," but is a lot of fun, awfully nice to look at, and filled with energy and smiles.Read the full review
